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Creator: Stanley Kramer

One of the major mainstream producers and director in Hollywood's history famous for his films in the The Fifties and The Sixties that determined to bring a voice to the major social problems of his time.

He was originally a producer with films as disparate like the first adaptation of Death of a Salesman, the breakthrough Western High Noon and even the surreal The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T, written by Dr. Seuss.

However, when directors started getting the real press as creators of film, Kramer decided to take that role. From that decision, he created classic films like The Defiant Ones,Inherit the Wind, Judgment At Nuremberg, and Guess Whos Coming To Dinner. As he started to become known for serious dramas, a friend dared him to make a comedy, based on a outline he recieved. Kramer accepted, and made the ultimate comedy, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Unfortunately, as idealistic as those films were, they were often derided as being preachy with outdated issues and artistically inept of a director who still thought like a producer.

That already stung him and with the rise of New Hollywood, his career faded, but his idealistic example lives on with the Producers Guild of America's Stanley Kramer Award that awards films that address important social issues.

Tropes displayed by him:

Anvilicious: His films were rarely subtle in their social agendas.
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Kramer dearly wanted to be seen as a daring artist, but he felt that no one understood him. This really hit home when he went on a lecture tour of colleges with his greatest success, Guess Whos Coming To Dinner, to talk about race relations. Unfortunately, his audiences dismissed him as a cinematic fuddy duddy and preferred to talk about the wild film, Bonnie and Clyde.

alternative title(s): Stanley Kramer

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